Live Sports — Pubs in Harrogate

Harrogate Arms

11 Parliament St, Harrogate HG1 2QU

Reopened July 2017 with the same quite elegant layout as before, there has been redecoration and there is a pool table and darts board on the mezzanine level. The lager tanks remain in the centre of the pub but appear unused. Food is served all day, and four handpulls dispense three regular beers and a changing beer.

Alexandra

11 Prospect Place, Harrogate HG1 1LB

Extensively refurbished and reopened under the Nicholson's brand, the Alex' has been decorated in an elegant Victorian style with dark grey walls and woodwork, cream ceilings and a tiled floor round the counter. The room is decorated with many prints and black and white photos of the Harrogate area as well as a small painting of Queen Alexandra when Princess of Wales. Three banks of pumps serve up to eight cask ales from a range of brewers both local and national. Sports screens dominate throughout.

Christies Bar

20 Kings Rd, Harrogate HG1 5JW

A long thin bar with the counter running almost the length of the back wall, it's at ground level but gives the impression of being a basement. Nice stone flag floor, exposed stonework and painted brick with random balustrades, it has a number of discrete little seating areas. There are several screens and machines in some of the little cubby holes. Board games are available.

Claro Beagle

Coppice Gate, Ripon Road, Harrogate HG1 2DR

Large, 1960s pub on Harrogate's northern outskirts. A single room is broken up into several drinking areas including space for two pool tables. In addition there are a number of fruit and games machines, and a big screen TV showing sports. Decorated in a mix of light greys and beiges with some mosaic walls. Pretty much an estate pub but fun in its way and it does get busy. There are four handpumps but currently only one cask ale.

Harrogate Conservative Club

61 East Parade, Harrogate HG1 5LQ

To the left-hand side of a central bar there are leather sofas and chairs, and to the right a number of tables and chairs. Outside is a heated smoking area. A single ale is served, namely Tetley Bitter.

Empress

10 Church Square, Harrogate HG1 4SP

An imposing pub on Harrogate's much revered “Stray”, a parkland around part of the town centre, and next to the roundabout that bears its name. The pub is divided into two areas, on the right hand side is a pool table and two sports screens, whilst the left hand side is laid out with tables and chairs and more of a dining area - the pub is well known for its Sunday carveries. There is a function room upstairs which is used also for dining. The pub was refurbished in the Autumn of 2017. This pub uses Autovac

Hales Bar

1-3 Crescent Road, Harrogate HG1 2RS

Harrogate’s oldest pub and with a regionally important historic interior which is listed on CAMRA’s Regional Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. The pub was used in the filming of Chariots of Fire. The lounge has a Victorian-style interior with original gas lighting over the bar and there’s a separate snug which is also used as a tea room. Food is served lunchtimes. There is acoustic music on a Sunday afternoon, acoustic open-mic on a Wednesday and karaoke on a Thursday night. The pub prides itself on its floral displays in season. This pub uses Autovac.

Shepherd's Dog

141 Otley Rd, Harrogate HG2 0AG

A popular community pub in an unusual Victorian stone building on the south western outskirts of the town and near the RHS gardens at Harlow Carr. Comprising one large room, it is an odd shape presumably due to wall removal over the years. Decoration is modern in style and quite tastefully done with fancy light fittings and a few posters and mirrors. There is a seating area with a pool table, there is also a large bay with more seating at the back. The bar area has two cantilevered tables and some overhead screens for sport, there is another larger screen by the pool table and also some games machines.

Knox

Knox Lane, Harrogate HG1 3AP

The Knox is a converted 300 year-old former farm house and farm building in a quiet suburb, on the fringe of Harrogate, a community pub well known for its home cooked food. The pub consists of a large comfortable lounge bar/dining area and a characterful “converted barn” bar where a pizza oven provides additional menu choices, and there is a quiz with pizza only menu on Tuesday nights. There is a large car park and a beer garden. Four handpumps dispense two regular Marston's beers and two changing beers one of which is sometimes from a local brewery. 2B buses from Harrogate stop on Knox Lane adjacent to The Knox. Buses run every 30 minutes up to early evening, then hourly until late.

Harrogate Londesborough Club

10-12 Bower Road, Harrogate HG1 1BA

Members only social club close to Harrogate's transport hub, though Camra members are welcomed. To the left is a large open room with two full sized snooker tables, a pool table plus a darts board and a TV showing sports. To the right is a carpeted lounge area with separate bar, and upstairs a concert room available for private hire. The club serves a regular Old Speckled Hen, and a changing beer, either a second Morland beer or Theakston Old Peculier. Harrogate & Ripon branch Club of the Year 2019.

Last Post Social House

30 Cold Bath Road, Harrogate HG2 0NA

Converted from the slightly shabby Slip Inn community pub into a modern bar in 2016 reflecting changes elsewhere in Harrogate. The internal area has been rearranged to give a clear modern space complemented with steel and wood furniture and fittings. Three hand pumps serve beers from Yorkshire breweries including Black Sheep and Timothy Taylor. with one changing beer. This pub uses Autovac.

Stone Beck

Grantley Drive, Harrogate HG3 2XS

Located in the middle of the Jennyfield housing estate it looks to serve its local community well. It has a traditional public and lounge bar layout served from a central servery. The front of the building has four odd turret affairs, under the one over the public bar is a pool table and under the one over the lounge is a table football machine. There are traditional buttoned leather upholstered benches with tables and chairs in the public bar, while the lounge is furnished with armchairs around tables. Only very rarely serves any real ale.

Swan

17 Devonshire Place, Harrogate HG1 4AA

Formerly known as the Black Swan and then the Swan on the Stray, this Market Town Taverns pub was refurbished in a modern style in 2016. Although once a two-room pub with a central corridor this is long gone but the vestiges of that layout remain in two distinct areas, one with an L-shaped counter. Handpumps are located on one side serving beers from Yorkshire breweries. There is a beer garden at the rear, and well-behaved children and dogs are welcome until 8pm. Note that the pub may close early at quiet times.

Tap on Tower Street

Tower Street, Harrogate HG1 1HS

Completely refurbished in modern style by new operators in 2017, however the three-room layout is unchanged. Food is available all day, mainly in the form of hot and cold snacks rather than formal cooked meals. Take away bottles and cans are available from fridges in the public bar and the rear room has a selection of over 300 board games. There are four handpumps in each of the front bars with up to six changing beers, and one pump devoted to cider. Harrogate & Ripon branch Most Improved Pub 2019.

Den

1 Nidderdale House, Cambridge Road, Harrogate HG1 1NS

A cellar bar, with four pool tables, table football and some large screens. There is occasional live music. No real ale.

Prince of Wales

49 High Street, Harrogate HG2 7LQ

A two bar pub in Starbeck High Street close to the station, the front public bar takes up most of the width of the pub with a smaller lounge to the side, and there's another room at the back with a pool table. The bar has been decorated in conjunction with its move from Enterprise Inns to its Craft Union subsidiary in 2018. There are two hand pumps in the front bar, but only one real ale, John Smith's Bitter, is served.

Bilton WMC

Skipton Rd, Harrogate HG1 4LL

A long room with a bar on the right, with upholstered seating. At the right hand side is a separate concert room with its own bar. Bilton Martial Arts Academy are based here and practice Tuesday and Thursday nights. There are also jive classes on Monday evenings.

Oatlands

1 Coronation Grove, Harrogate HG2 8BY

Extensively refurbished in late 2019, The Oatlands comprises three rooms, a large room, to the right-hand side as you enter, with the main bar, pool table and darts board, a carpeted area with tables and chairs, and also a small private meeting room. To the left-hand side as you enter is a large concert room with bar and a low stage, and the room laid out with tables and chairs. Non-members are welcome but need to sign in and will be encouraged to join if they become frequent visitors (ask at the bar for an application form). This club uses Autovac.

Harrogate Trades Hall

1-3 Westmorland St, Harrogate HG1 5AY

Starbeck Working Men's Club

4 Forest Avenue, Harrogate HG2 7JJ

Venue 1919

Harrogate AFC, Wetherby Rd, Harrogate HG2 7SA

Harrogate Football Club bar which is open to ticket holders only on match days, Saturdays from 12pm and weekdays from 6pm. Serves Ruddles Bitter on handpump, badged as 'Harrogate Town AFC'. The venue is available to hire for private functions.

National Reserve Club

29 East Parade, Harrogate HG1 5LQ

Just outside the north entrance/exit to Harrogate station (platform 3) is this members club with sports screen and two pool rooms. Non-members are welcome.

Manahatta

The Ginnel, Harrogate HG1 2RB

A basement bar located on the steep hill that is The Ginnel, it serves a range of highly regarded US and British keg beers, there are no UK national keg brands or cask beers on sale. The bottles are high quality UK, USA, German and Belgian brands served in frozen glasses. It comprises one large room with a mezzanine floor. The decor is modern industrial style, with exposed concrete and brickwork, pipes and cable tray.

Harlow Hill Club

12 College Street, Harrogate HG2 0AH

A stone fronted building just off Otley Road, two full sized snooker tables and a pool table are situated in a room on the left at the rear of the building. There are two screens for watching live sport. Non members are welcome.

Oakdale Golf Club

Oakdale Glen, Harrogate HG1 2LN

Members only club on the edge of Harrogate's Duchy estate, also on the Harrogate Ringway walking route. The club welcomes Camra members on production of a valid membership card. There are two to three cask ales according to season, the two changing beers are usually from local Yorkshire breweries.

Starbeck Conservative Club

5 The Avenue, Harrogate HG1 4QB

The club has a large L-shaped open room with two pool tables, a dart board and a number of screens showing live sport. To the right is a separate snooker room. Two changing ales are served, usually from local breweries.

Harrogate Cricket Club

St George's Road, Harrogate HG2 9BP

The Balcony bar is upstairs overlooking the main cricket pitch to the front, there are a number of chairs and tables focused on a TV showing live sports. three handpumps serve well kept beers from local breweries. Non-members are welcome.